ABSTRACT
Feminists are concerned that growing technological possibilities may sometimes curtail, rather than expand, women's freedom with respect to procreation. Others are more troubled about the impact that reproductive technologies might have on the freedom of the people who they assist in bringing into the world. The aim of this chapter is to elucidate this broad concern about the freedom of those who are brought into existence by means of reproductive technologies. It has been argued that the very same commitment to individual self-determination that underpins the defence of procreative liberty also implies that parents' choices sometimes have to be restricted for the sake of the liberty of their would-be children. The chapter suggests that the discourse on the freedom of future people that pervades debates about the ethics of reproductive technologies harbours some quite distinct concerns.
